“Greener ships and waterborne transport are vital components for reaching the 2020 CO2 emission target and giving Europe an additional competitive edge. This was the general consensus among industry representatives, researchers and policy-makers on 28 February in Brussels, where the European Commission hosted the ‘European research for clean waterborne transport event’. The event showcased three […]
“California sued the U.S. Forest Service on Thursday over plans that would open more than 500,000 acres to roads and oil drilling in the state’s largest national forests. The four Southern California forests — Los Padres, Angeles, San Bernardino and Cleveland — comprise more than 3.5 million acres that stretch from Big Sur to the […]
“British energy minister Malcolm Wicks has given the all clear to three wind farms in England as the government tries to clear a backlog of clean energy projects and hit ambitious renewable energy targets. Two of the projects are onshore wind farms in North Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire, while the third is an offshore project […]
“General Motors Vice Chairman Bob Lutz recently called global warming a ‘total crock of s–t.’ So much for intelligent leadership, but thanks for giving America a clear explanation of why your company is struggling with daily layoffs and market share implosion. Why does GM keep someone around who’s still stuck in the dark ages while […]
“By most measures, this appears to be a very good time to be alive. What about trends in the U.S.? Is our modern, industrialized lifestyle killing both us and the environment? Here’s some data.” (02/27/08)
“There’s nothing like a good map to help plan a trip — to the moon. This helps explain why scientists with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration this week unveiled the most detailed map yet of the lunar surface. The results are expected to play a key role in helping mission planners working on two […]
“In September of last year I wrote that 2007, by all indications, was going to be a very cold year, much colder than one would expect with all the global warming hype we were reading. In spite of some press reports that Berlin was in the midst of heat wave I was living in Berlin […]
“If we need to get more people interested in nature, as a recent national report suggests, then maybe it’s time we acknowledge a truth that few observers, even those of us who consider ourselves devoted naturalists, seem willing to admit: Nature is often very boring. What I mean to say is that nature can often […]
“The security of the House of Commons in London was breached again on Wednesday in a spectacular manner by the environmental protest group Plane Stupid, who scaled the roof of the parliament building and unfurled banners proclaiming ‘NO THIRD RUNWAY.’ They were protesting about plans to build a third runway and sixth terminal at London’s […]
“‘The state’s largest for-profit health insurer is asking California physicians to look for conditions it can use to cancel their new patients’ medical coverage,’ said the first line of an expose in the Los Angeles Times earlier this month. The subject was Blue Cross’ practice of enlisting doctors to help them deny the claims of […]
